No, your family and friends don't need to have a Polarsteps account to see your trip. If you want to share your trip with family members and friends who don't have a Polarsteps account, you need to share your trip link with them. You can do this in the following way:

1. Open your trip
2. Go to the trip settings
3. Scroll down to ''Invite your family and friends''
4. Select the channel or app via which you want to share your trip link
5. And send!

Do you want to follow someone but don't have a Polarsteps account? Then make sure you read this article.